page_title: Volleyball variations
section_title: Nine-man volleyball
hierarchical_section_title: Volleyball variations / Nine-man volleyball
caption_attribution_description: Nineman volleyball block
context_page_description: Several sports related to volleyball have become popular. Beach volleyball is an event at the Olympics, and sitting volleyball at the Paralympics. Other varieties are localised, or are played at an amateur or informal level.no head is allowed
context_section_description: Nine-man volleyball is a variation of volleyball utilizing nine players and a slightly larger court (10 by 20 meters) originated in Asia in the 1920s when American missionaries introduced the game in China. The birthplace of 9man can be speculated to be the city of Tai-Shan, China where 9man tournaments are played regularly, sometimes even for prize money. 9man is also played for recreation in South Korea.
  The variant became popular within the Chinese-American communities community in New York City and spread to Chinatowns other large US and Canadian cities. The North American version of 9man volleyball continues to grow with a rotating popular tournament called the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament. It was played in the Asian Games in 1958 and in 1962.
  Aside from the larger court and additional players, rule differences for 9man volleyball in Asia and of those used in the NACIVT differ.
  The major rule differences from indoor volleyball and NACIVT 9man rules include (Those rules in italics only apply within NACIVT rules):
  A lower net (235 cm rather than 243).
  Players don't rotate--front players stay in front (and thus never serve), and back players in back.
  If the ball touches the net between two contacts by the same team, those two contacts only count as one of the three allowed before the ball must be sent over the net. The same player may legally make both contacts.
  It is permitted to briefly carry the ball during a spiking motion.
  Players may not penetrate the plane of the net while blocking.
  If a player touches the ball while blocking, it counts as one of the three allowed contacts.
  Jump serving is illegal.
  It is illegal to touch the ball with any body part besides the hands and arms.
  A served ball which hits the top of the net and falls inside the boundaries of the opponents' court entitles the server to a second chance (like tennis).
  There is no "ten foot line": any player may attack the ball from anywhere on the court.
  9man rules used in Asia are slightly different:
  Players do not rotate, however every player on the court must serve at some point.
  Carrying or lifts are not legal.
  Players may penetrate the plane of the net when blocking.
  Jump-serving is legal.
  In South Korea, nine-man volleyball is popular as a recreation. But those who plays it are not used to the detailed rule of the game because they generally watch only 6-man volleyball (standard volleyball) on TV or somewhere. So the rule generally played tends to be the mixture of the original 9-man volleyball and standard volleyball.
caption: A triple block in a game of nine-man volleyball
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